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Tuna and Mercury

lance konami

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What's the current consensus about canned tuna and mercury levels? Do they still recommend that you only eat light canned tuna? Is albacore still ok?
 

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If you're not pregnant and/or over 18, eat up. Larger fish (albacore) have more mercury bioaccumulation, but if you're a decent-sized person it shouldn't be a big issue.
 

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Originally Posted by why
If you're not pregnant and/or over 18, eat up. Larger fish (albacore) have more mercury bioaccumulation, but if you're a decent-sized person it shouldn't be a big issue.
I dont remember the exact amounts... But I think you would have to eat something on the order of 12 cans a day for it to effect you.
 

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Maybe if you can switch to salmon, has the lowest absorption of mercury and is better for your heart.
 

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Avoid farm raised salmon, however. Dramatically higher mercury accumulation in farms.

Personally, I don't eat tuna or any other large, deep fish anymore, and barring rather dramatic advances in environmental cleanup, I don't expect to ever again.
 

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Originally Posted by Arethusa
Avoid farm raised salmon, however. Dramatically higher mercury accumulation in farms.

Personally, I don't eat tuna or any other large, deep fish anymore, and barring rather dramatic advances in environmental cleanup, I don't expect to ever again.

What fish do you eat?
 

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Canned light tuna is supposed to be better than other tuna, but there have some studies that suggest that the mercury levels aren't all that much lower.

As far as I'm concerned, wild salmon is the way to go: low mercury, lots of Omega-3s, tons of vitamin D. I eat a nice King or Sockeye fillet at least once a week.

And agreed, farmed salmon is nasty.

Here's a good chart showing mercury levels in various fish:
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/sea-mehg.html
 

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Or you could live your life and not give a ****.
 

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how many of you have had any kind of mercury-related, tangible consequence from eating tuna fish?

i eat all sorts of fresh fish and i'm doing fine over here.
 

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If you're that worried you can get a cilantro tincture to try and chelate that mercury and pass it out of your system. I don't worry about it though.
 

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Yeah it would certainly free up time to make asinine posts on messageboards

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Or you could live your life and not give a ****.
 

lance konami

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Originally Posted by atomicranch
Canned light tuna is supposed to be better than other tuna, but there have some studies that suggest that the mercury levels aren't all that much lower.

As far as I'm concerned, wild salmon is the way to go: low mercury, lots of Omega-3s, tons of vitamin D. I eat a nice King or Sockeye fillet at least once a week.

And agreed, farmed salmon is nasty.

Here's a good chart showing mercury levels in various fish:
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/sea-mehg.html


Thanks. Yeah I do eat wild alaskan sockey salmon, but I'll make tuna sandwiches because they're quick and canned salmon tastes rather disgusting to me.
 

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